After getting my scores last month for the “Work Standard Test Battery” (WSTB), comprised of five timed and scored physical events, I proudly wrote about the progress I’d made between the 17 months that transpired from when I first took it.

Event

August 26, 2011

January 26, 2013

99-Yard Obstacle Course

19.4 seconds (179 points)

18.3 seconds (193 points)

Solid Fence Climb/Sprint

13.6 seconds (87 points)

7.3 seconds (177 points)

Chain Link Fence Climb/Sprint

8.2 seconds (75 points)

7.7 seconds (80 points)

Body Drag

5.2 seconds (55 points)

4.5 seconds (57 points)

500-Yard Run

129 seconds (25 points)

103 seconds (33 points)

Well, me and my fellow classmates did it all again on March 9 as something of a mid-term, and I’m even more proud to report I bettered my January scores, like so:

Event

January 26, 2013

March 9, 2013

99-Yard Obstacle Course

18.3 seconds (193 points)

17.6 seconds (202 points)

Solid Fence Climb/Sprint

7.3 seconds (177 points)

6.9 seconds (183 points)

Chain Link Fence Climb/Sprint

7.7 seconds (80 points)

7.1 seconds (87 points)

Body Drag

4.5 seconds (57 points)

3.9 seconds (58 points)

500-Yard Run

103 seconds (33 points)

99 seconds (35 points)

We do it all again next month, and that WSTB will differ in that these first two were basically practice runs. That one will be our Final. When we do it in April it’ll be pass and continue or fail and get kicked out of the program. Frankly, I’m confident I’ll pass (hell I had more than the required 384 total points to pass when I first did it in August 2011). My goal instead is to beat my March 9 times.